A reading room for method.
Essays on how a research question is framed, how a difficult subject is taught, and what a judge actually listens for — written from the desk and the judging chair.
Essays
Method · Research · TeachingOn framing, on judging, on the long way shown — written from the desk and the judging chair. Where a piece draws on a competition or exam, the reasoning is original prose; no past-paper text is reproduced.
On Framing a Research Question
如何把问题问对The difference between a topic and a question — and why the second is the whole game.
Read the essayWhat the Judges Actually Ask
评委到底在问什么Notes from the judging chair: the questions behind the questions at a science fair board.
Read the essayThe Long Way, Shown
把长路摊开Why a worked solution should never abbreviate the step a student most needs to see.
Read the essayA Vault That Holds
能托住东西的知识库Seven principles for a personal knowledge system that an educator can actually live in.
Read the essayReading a Competition Like a Manuscript
把竞赛当稿件读Every contest has an argument underneath its rubric. Find it, and the work becomes legible.
Read the essayNotes Toward an Olympiad Reader
一本题解书的诞生What it takes to typeset a solution volume that reads like prose, not an answer key.
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